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New leaders fail to settle liturgy dispute in Syro-Malabar archdiocese
A recent change of leadership in India’s Syro-Malabar Church has not meant a change in policy on a liturgical dispute, with the Church’s governing Synod again calling for obedience regarding a contested mode of celebrating the Mass. Source: Crux.
Pope urges Syro-Malabar Catholics to resolve dispute by Christmas
Telling Syro-Malabar Catholics in India’s Ernakulam-Angamaly Archdiocese that he does not want to see anyone excommunicated, Pope Francis pleaded with the priests and faithful to end their dispute over the way the Eucharist is celebrated. Source: OSV News.
Cardinal Sako condemns ‘unjust’ court rejection of case against Iraqi president
Iraq’s Supreme Court has dismissed an attempt by the head of the Chaldean Catholic Church to overturn a presidential decree that removed his “institutional recognition”. Source: The Tablet.
Good news: Ukrainian Eparchy launches website
The Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Australia, New Zealand and Oceania has launched its new website, focused on sharing the Word of God and acting as a “bridge to our people”, according to Bishop Mykola Bychok CSsR. Source: Melbourne Catholic.
Ukrainian Catholic community celebrates 60th anniversary of cathedral
The Ukrainian Catholic community has celebrated the 60th anniversary of the blessing of the Cathedral of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul in Melbourne.
India’s Syro-Malabar synod allows civil marriage before Church wedding
The Eastern rite Syro-Malabar Church in India has conditionally allowed Catholic couples to enter a civil marriage before solemnising it in the Church. Source: UCA News.
Maronite fundraising tops $530,000 and counting
A Maronite Eparchy of Australia appeal to help educate impoverished students in Lebanon has so far raised more than $530,000.
Melkite Patriarch to visit Australia
Melkite Patriarch Joseph Absi will visit Australia and New Zealand in November and December at the invitation of the Pontifical Foundation, Aid to the Church in Need.
Maronite Patriarch’s visit turns stadium into cathedral for Golden Jubilee
Ken Rosewall Arena at Sydney Olympic Park was transformed into a cathedral filled with people of every age and state in life for a Mass to mark 50 years of the Maronite Eparchy in Australia, New Zealand and Oceania. Source: The Catholic Weekly.